Desktop Wars - Why does the OS we prefer evoke such powerful passions?
August 20, 2007
One of the things you might notice whenever there is an article about Vista is that a lot of people seem to feel VERY strongly about their chosen Operating System - whether its Vista or not. Why is this? Why do the comments at the bottom of such articles seem more akin to a religious debate on points of theology? Maybe we are all just a lot more committed to our computers and the interface we use to operate them than we realise!
Could Virtual Systems Replace the Host Operating System?
August 13, 2007
A VMWare cofounder says virtual appliances that run apps alone could threaten operating systems. Mendel Rosenblum told an audience at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco last week… Read more
Mac OS X Tiger vs. Windows Vista - a reasonably unbiased Guide
August 12, 2007
Before Vista’s January launch, eagle-eyed computer geeks who pored over every press release, statement, and image released by Microsoft in regards to the new operating system noticed a not-too-subtle resemblance between the new Vista OS and Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger. Read more
Linux seen vying with Windows for dominance with a second wind
August 10, 2007
Second stage of Linux growth predicted by Linux Foundation director. “Having gained industry-wide recognition, Linux is now moving into its second stage of growth, in which it vies with Microsoft Windows as a dominant computing platform” - Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, said Wednesday. Read more
Mac Users - beware the ‘tipping point’…
August 9, 2007
One of the great things about shifting to the Intel Mac platform (for those of us that know) is not only the fascinating experience of a new Desktop Operating System that actually works (well… at least a lot more than what we were used to before), but the incredibly heady sensation of running no anti-spyware! Actually, most of us don’t run any anti-malware software… merely a fairly basic (but respectable) incoming firewall. Imagine having the whole processor (or multiple cores in many cases) at your disposal for once - ooooh ecstasy! And guess what… in the year that I’ve now been running OSX as my primary platform - I have had ZERO security incidents. Nope… not one. On my Windows machines, I’ve had a handful - and I must constantly be vigilant.
But this, of course, is NOT because OSX is inherently any more secure than Windows (or Linux for that matter)…
Originally from TechGripe! by Brett Ryland.
IBM chides Microsoft over SOA
August 9, 2007
Big Blue claims Microsoft leans too hard on Windows-oriented, proprietary standards for its service-oriented architecture.
